Dress Code Challenges

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The biggest challenge is the dress code. It is challenging to identify clothing that is appropriate for school without one of the staff saying ¨Nope, you cannot wear that,¨ or “We have to cover the hole (or the holes) with duct tape.¨ The duct tape can ruin your clothes. The dress code is extremely complex. The school does not desire you to wear shirts that are too small, similar to crop tops, or shirts that are too revealing. They also do not want you to wear shirts with small straps, like spaghetti strap tank tops. I ordinarily wear a tank top to school usually, on warm days. If someone under school authority calls me out for wearing a tank top that has straps that are too tiny, I always wear a spaghetti strap tank top underneath it.

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